EARLY AMERICAN. (CHESS) AN EASY INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME OF CHESS; chiefly selected from the best writers on that subject (by An Amateur). Boston: C. Bingham & Co.,, printed by H. Bowen. No date, circa 1820 (erroneously dated 1805 in Shaw & Shoemaker, Bowen printed in Boston 1817 - 1821... More

EARLY AMERICAN. THE MEDLEY. NY: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1822. 2 1/2 x 4 1/8", orange wallpaper wraps with embossed design, 28p., Fine. A Medley was a chapbook containing short articles with illustrations for children. There is an 8 page section "The Hospitable Negro Woman" that tells how a Negro... More

EARLY AMERICAN. MUSEUM OF FOREIGN ANIMALS OR HISTORY OF BEASTS. New Haven: Printed and Published by S. Babcock, no date, circa 1828. 2 3/4 x 4 1/4", printed wraps, 16p., light soil, VG+. For each animal there is a full page of informative text and a fine full page engraving... More

EARLY AMERICAN. A PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, no date, ca 1812. Narrow 12mo (2 1/2 x 5 1/2"), yellow wraps, Fine. There is a series of 20 woodcut illustrations on a variety of subjects (nine pins, Swedes Church, etc.) with captions below each picture (2... More

EARLY AMERICAN. THE SKATERS AND OTHER STORIES. NY: Leavitt & Allen, no date, circa 1845. Pictorial wraps (2 3/4 x 4 1/2"), 16p., light soil, VG+. Illustrated with 7 full page and 1 smaller hand-colored cuts to accompany several short stories, one of which condemns a boy who likes to... More

EARLY ENGLISH. THE COMIC ADVENTURES OF OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG. Part I. York: Kendrew no date, ca 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 3/4"), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 15 fine and well printed half-page woodcuts to accompany this famous children's rhyme. See Opie Oxford Book of Nursery Rhymes p.321.More

EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. London: Houlston & Son, no date, cira 1820. 24mo (2 1/2 x 4), pictorial wraps, 14p. +1p. ads, fine. The traditional nursery rhyme is illustrated with woodcuts on each page plus cuts on both covers. The rear cover has a.... More

EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF A LITTLE BOY FOUND UNDER AN HAYCOCK [by Richard Johnson]. York: Kendrew, no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 5/8 x 3 7/8"), yellow wraps, 16p., fine. Illustrated with 14 woodcuts to accompany this tale of a worthy orphan, also includes Little Boy Blue rhyme integrated... More

EARLY ENGLISH. THE HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY. York: Kendrew no date, circa 1820. 16mo (2 1/2 x 3 7/8"), green paper wraps, [30]p., Fine. Illustrated with 8 nice woodcuts to accompany a story about the lives of 2 brothers: sullen, naughty Harry who "lived a wretched life and died... More